HEART LIES

LOVES DIVINE

The rain did not seem to want to stop. During three days, straight streams of water ran down the street.

Sa-rang stood to wait for the rain to calm down in front of the hospital. She stopped driving as she lost concentration. Also, she didn't want to be paralyzed by pain while turning the steering wheel.

So she took public transportation. The only thing she had to do was walk, but even making that demanded effort.

It was weird to see how daily actions became an endeavor. Sa-rang's body worked like Wachowski bullet time, all in perfect slow motion.

The woman wondered how long she would be able to operate. Sa rang wished to carry on as long as she could, but the patients were her priority. She could not put their lives in danger out of her selfish desires.

Leaving her duties scared her, she lived for the hospital, and she had no clue what she would do if she took leave.

If Sa-rang had more strength in her limbs, she would have gone on a world trip. Unlike most people, she did not draw up a bucket list of things to do, but ideas popped up from time to time.

Sa rang brushed away most projects. Her only objective was to look healthy until the end.

"Why can't this rain stop?"

Sa-rang was about to step out when a hand grabbed hers and slid something in it. The woman stared at the small red umbrella before watching the man who gave it to her put on his hood and walk away in the rain.

Sa-rang clinched the umbrella to her chest.

Why was he like this?

It wasn't the first time Ji-Seong showed a kind intention; despite their feud, the man remained a gentleman.

Sa rang would find a bottle of water and a sandwich on her office desk. Her files were labeled and in order. Ji-Seong posted her work on the university's website regularly.

The doctor hated it, Ji-Seong made her life more comfortable, and it drove her up the wall.

Also, there was Soo Hae; the girl was compassionate. She avoided asking the professor questions about her illness; she just helped.

Sa rang was unworthy; the woman did not deserve this love and care; it was like an open heart operation without anesthetics.

The man had no idea how he hurt her, how his presence tore apart Sa rang's reasoning.

Now she paced like a lion in a cage in Yoona's apartment, hoping to find good advice.

"I'm scared, Yoona, for the first time in my whole life, I'm afraid of losing someone."

Sa-rang pushed In-Sung and Sonmi away to save them from sorrow. She hoped her appalling conduct would help them forget her.

For some reason, it was more complicated with Ji-Seong.

The man filled her thoughts; the short time they spent together made her dependent without notice.

She missed their conversations and other pillow talks.

Ji-Seong was the first man after In-Sung Sa-rang allowed to enter her bubble of intimacy; it felt good to be with someone. She who always loved being alone but found herself wanting to flee solitude.

Sa-rang wanted to be with him.

Yoona could see how affected her friend was, and she was regretful for having brought them together even if it was a coincidence," tell him Sa rang, Ji-Seong is as scared as you are."